VotePredictor
past elections

Idaho House

Walt Minnick (D) vs William T. Sali (R)

Actual result
D+1.2
Final polls said
D+6.5
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+4.7
Winner
Dem

"Final polls said" averages polls from the last ~3 weeks — the call right before the vote, and how pollsters are rated. The model's prediction is walk-forward (trained only on earlier races).

Final rankings

How everyone who called this race did, ranked — VotePredictor shown inline (★).

Pollsters — each pollster's final poll vs the result

#PollsterFinal callMissCalled
1VotePredictorD+4.73.5
2SurveyUSAD+6.04.8
3Harstad Strategic ResearchD+7.05.8
4Greg Smith & AssociatesR+12.013.2

Polls (5)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Harstad Strategic Research2008-10-21273D+7.06
SurveyUSA2008-10-18613D+6.05
Harstad Strategic Research2008-09-27400D+6.05
Greg Smith & Associates2008-09-27200R+12.013
Harstad Strategic Research2008-09-10400D+5.04